Bertagna Goaltending Series: On-Ice Drills for Goaltenders

Ideal drills for all hockey goalie ability levels from basic to game like play

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with Joe Bertagna, Director of the Bertagna Goaltending School, Commissioner of Hockey East, Executive Director of the American Hockey Coaches Association, and former Boston Bruins (NHL) and `94 U.S. Olympic Team goaltending coach

Coach Joe Bertagna believes it imperative to create and implement practice drills for your goaltender that best simulate the reality, confusion, and chaos of game situations. Bertagna's drills cover a wide range of skill development ranging from fundamental through highly competitive game-like situations including: pre-practice/pre game drills, movement around the crease, move and clear, stop and gather, drills from the corners, dump in and break out, pass from the corner, 1 on 1 attacks, 2 on 1 attacks, lateral motion breakout, rebounding, determining angles, among others. Bertagna shares advice on creating your own drills for game situations and follows with progressive drills that add even more confusion and chaos at game speed! Bertagna offers a helpful selection of "after practice" drills that further assist goaltender development. Bertagna concludes his information-packed presentation with valuable coaching tips including off ice coaching strategies to help your goaltender become more successful.

Most coaches don't have the time to work on individual skill work for goaltenders and just use them for target practice. This video series will give you a very good foundation to start working your goaltenders for a period of time during every practice. Even if you take just fifteen minutes and put a net along the boards in center ice to work the goaltender it will make a huge difference in his game. The coach walks you through basic, intermediate and advanced techniques to help your goaltenders. Remember, your goaltender is the most important player on the ice, give him some dedicated practice time and you will see results.
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